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Greg Forster, Ph.D.
Contributor
Greg Forster (Ph.D., Yale University) is a Friedman Fellow with EdChoice. He has conducted numerous empirical studies on education issues, including school choice, accountability testing, graduation rates, student demographics, and special education. The author of nine books and the co-editor of six books, Dr. Forster has also written numerous articles in peer-reviewed academic journals, as well as in popular publications such as The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Recent Articles
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Education
School choice: Oklahoma’s challenge isn’t over
At long last, Oklahoma has universal school choice. But in order to survive the inevitable angry backlash from education special interests, we must get families signed up.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | June 19, 2023
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Education
Oklahoma churches against education
Oklahoma’s schools continue to perform poorly. But instead of standing up for children, some pastors are only interested in profits for their government friends.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | November 7, 2022
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Education
Oklahoma needs grants for education deserts
A new program empowers Oklahoma parents to get help from non-government service providers in the task of raising their children.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | October 7, 2022
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Education
Having school board elections on Election Day? Genius!
The special interests that run Oklahoma's government school monopoly for their own profit are opposed to having elections on Election Day.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | April 21, 2022
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Education
Let parents, not the state, decide on pre-K
It’s time to empower parents through school choice programs—including for pre-K—to make the right decision for their own children.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | April 5, 2022
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Education
The solution to sexualized schools is parent choice, not new regulations
Traditionalists are right that the government school system has proven that it can’t be trusted; that’s precisely why they’re wrong to think they can take control of it. The best way to cope with the challenge of sexualized schools is to put parents back in charge by letting them take the public funding that supports their children’s education to the school of their choice.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | March 2, 2022
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Budget & Tax, Education, Law & Principles
Bold reforms for a post-pandemic Oklahoma
In the aftermath of the pandemic, Oklahoma’s policymakers should put parents in charge of education with a universal Education Savings Account, eliminate the personal income tax, and reform our state’s dysfunctional regulatory system.Curtis Shelton, Greg Forster, Ph.D., Byron Schlomach, Ph.D., Andrew C. Spiropoulos | February 21, 2022
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Education
School choice makes homeschoolers and private schools more safe from government—not less
Homeschoolers and private schools must be vigilant whether a state has vouchers, empowerment accounts, or tax credits—or no school choice programs at all.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | February 1, 2022
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Education
We can share this country: School choice in a divided America
It’s time to live and let live: Put parents back in charge through school choice.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | January 4, 2022
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Education
Parents’ children, parents’ choice
Public schools aren't accountable. Parents need choices.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | December 2, 2021
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